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Spot Forecast for Max Patch RX...USFS
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
207 AM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EST on March 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Remaining unseasonably humid and very warm for much of the next week.
High temperature near 70 today with minimum humidity around 55%.
Scattered showers with a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon.
Winds from the southwest at 7 to 11 mph.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 11 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds possible near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (0 mph-ft) early in the morning increasing
                    to good (49832 mph-ft) in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................8 to 35.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........20300 decreasing to 8600.
Visibility (SM).....9.
Sfc pressure (in)...27.49.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  59  55  51  47  51  55  59  57  54  52  42
Weather cov.....                                    SCH CHC SCH
Weather type....                                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                        SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  0   10  10  10  20  20
Temp............55  54  56  59  61  63  65  66  67  67  66  65
Dewpoint........50  50  51  52  52  53  52  51  51  52  52  53
RH..............84  85  84  78  74  68  63  58  56  58  60  64
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  10  9   8   7   6   6   6   6   7   7   8
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  14  14  14  15  15  15  15  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.8 2.8 3.9 3.1 2.2 1.3 0.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.10  10  9   9   10  12  13  13  13  10  10  8
LVORI...........4   4   4   4   3   3   2   1   1   2   2   3
ADI.............8   9   9   10  11  21  29  35  31  21  15  10
VRate mph-ft/1k.0   0   2   4   7   20  36  50  39  22  13  8
Ceiling (hft)...203 204 211 224 233 222 210 141 112 110 86  110
Visibility (sm).9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   9
Sfc pres (in)...750 751 753 755 756 755 754 752 751 749 749 750

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 14 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1496 mph-ft).
LVORI...............4.
ADI.................3 to 9.
Stability class.....5.
Pcpn amount.........0.01 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........24000 decreasing to 4000.
Visibility (SM).....7.
Sfc pressure (in)...27.47.

TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........31  21  25  28  35  33  35  27  37  47  57  52
Weather cov.....                SCH SCH SCH     SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW      RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                        SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  20  20
Temp............63  61  61  60  59  59  59  58  59  58  57  58
Dewpoint........53  53  53  53  53  52  53  53  53  53  54  54
RH..............69  73  75  77  79  77  81  82  83  82  88  86
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  S
20 FT wind spd..7   9   10  10  12  13  13  14  14  14  14  13
20 FT wind gust.14  14  15  16  17  17  18  20  20  18  20  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   9   10  10  12  13  13  14  14  14  14  13
LVORI...........3   3   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   5   5
ADI.............3   4   5   5   6   7   8   8   8   8   9   8
VRate mph-ft/1k.3   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3
Ceiling (hft)...217 217 220 213 110 110 110 240 110 60  45  40
Visibility (sm).9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   8   8   7
Sfc pres (in)...751 752 753 753 753 753 752 751 750 748 747 747

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Rain showers
likely and a chance of thunderstorms, mainly
in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 26
                    mph in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
possible near thunderstorms.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 22 mph shifting to the southwest 20
                    to 24 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2762 mph-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (58579 mph-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................11 early in the morning increasing to 52 in the
                    afternoon.
Stability class.....4.
Pcpn amount.........0.02 inches.
Ceiling (FT)........2100 increasing to 30000 in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Visibility (SM).....7 early in the morning.
Sfc pressure (in)...27.39.

TIME (EST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........48  41  39  34  38  51  55  59  65  70  76  78
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH     SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW      RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH                                     CHC CHC
Chc of thdr (%).20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  30  30
Temp............59  58  60  61  62  64  65  66  67  68  68  67
Dewpoint........54  54  54  54  54  54  53  52  52  51  51  52
RH..............85  87  82  78  75  69  64  60  57  55  56  58
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  14
20 FT wind gust.18  18  20  22  23  24  25  26  26  25  25  24
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 1.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.13  13  13  13  16  20  22  24  24  24  23  20
LVORI...........4   5   4   4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1
ADI.............11  11  13  16  25  34  42  50  51  52  50  36
VRate mph-ft/1k.3   3   7   12  22  32  43  56  57  59  57  37
Ceiling (hft)...21  23  23  23  300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Visibility (sm).7   7
Sfc pres (in)...747 747 748 749 749 748 747 745 743 741 739 739

$$
Forecaster...JDL
Requested by...Appalachian Ranger District
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2604912.0/GSP
.DELDT 03/06/26
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